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"April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 02:23post reply

https://www.taito.co.jp/takeshi_vr

Taito kicks off April fools with a VR version of one of its legendary kusoge






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"Re(1):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 02:34post reply

quote:
https://www.taito.co.jp/takeshi_vr

Taito kicks off April fools with a VR version of one of its legendary kusoge



Alright, everyone pack it up. Arika has already won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA

I was already feeling April Fool's fatigue before it even began, but this set my heart on fire (and broke it lol)

Ah what could have been. Hopefully this is something more than just an elaborate prank!






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"Tactics Ogre: Lets us fool together" , posted Sat 1 Apr 03:36post reply

... OK.





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"Re(2):April Fools thread: ATTN Loona" , posted Sat 1 Apr 03:37post reply

quote:
https://www.taito.co.jp/takeshi_vr

Taito kicks off April fools with a VR version of one of its legendary kusoge


Alright, everyone pack it up. Arika has already won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA

I was already feeling April Fool's fatigue before it even began, but this set my heart on fire (and broke it lol)

Ah what could have been. Hopefully this is something more than just an elaborate prank!



Maybe somebody more versed in FFXI would feel more pain watching this...







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"Re(2):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 03:40post reply

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Alright, everyone pack it up. Arika has already won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA

I was already feeling April Fool's fatigue before it even began, but this set my heart on fire (and broke it lol)

Ah what could have been. Hopefully this is something more than just an elaborate prank!


Good grief, that looks fun! I wonder what they are using those assets for; it seems like too much work just for a joke.





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"Re(3):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 03:57post reply

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Alright, everyone pack it up. Arika has already won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA

I was already feeling April Fool's fatigue before it even began, but this set my heart on fire (and broke it lol)

Ah what could have been. Hopefully this is something more than just an elaborate prank!

Good grief, that looks fun! I wonder what they are using those assets for; it seems like too much work just for a joke.



Ya know what? Looking at Arika's Twitter (which was stupidly hard to find--it doesn't show up first when you search for "Arika" or "アリカ") I'm gonna go ahead and say, I think this game IS real and they were real smart to announce it today and make everyone cry and beg for it :D

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZJxYLoun7g


Good grief. When did April Fools become synonymous with breaking the aging hearts of longtime fans of your video game franchise?






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"Re(4):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 04:35post reply

So this is what Shinkiro has been up to!

This joke about the Shin Godzilla phone is rather dumb but it still makes more sense than the N-Gage.





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"Re(5):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 05:36post reply

The most amazing thing about that Street Fighter Quiz game is that, even there Alex is useless.





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"Re(3):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 09:38post reply

quote:
Alright, everyone pack it up. Arika has already won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA

I was already feeling April Fool's fatigue before it even began, but this set my heart on fire (and broke it lol)

Ah what could have been. Hopefully this is something more than just an elaborate prank!

Good grief, that looks fun! I wonder what they are using those assets for; it seems like too much work just for a joke.


Yeah I said the same thing when I saw it. I'll eat my hat if this isn't real in some form.

It would've been one thing if someone was an obvious Street Fighter V clone, but they threw us three characters and recognizable mechanics on top of that.





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"Re(4):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 11:12post reply

quote:
Alright, everyone pack it up. Arika has already won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA

I was already feeling April Fool's fatigue before it even began, but this set my heart on fire (and broke it lol)

Ah what could have been. Hopefully this is something more than just an elaborate prank!

Good grief, that looks fun! I wonder what they are using those assets for; it seems like too much work just for a joke.

Yeah I said the same thing when I saw it. I'll eat my hat if this isn't real in some form.

It would've been one thing if someone was an obvious Street Fighter V clone, but they threw us three characters and recognizable mechanics on top of that.


I do not follow the street fighter thread but didn't they announce four new characters for the next season of SFV? Maybe these characters could be the new ones.





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"Re(5):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 14:50post reply

This SNK's, nothing special, but it seems to be a send-off homage to their pachislot IP, Sister Quest (now owned by Highlights Entertainment).





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"Re(2):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 16:17post reply

quote:
https://www.taito.co.jp/takeshi_vr

Taito kicks off April fools with a VR version of one of its legendary kusoge


Alright, everyone pack it up. Arika has already won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2x8c-RFGnA

I was already feeling April Fool's fatigue before it even began, but this set my heart on fire (and broke it lol)

Ah what could have been. Hopefully this is something more than just an elaborate prank!



game is real, there's a stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gla-yMayJ2M&feature=youtu.be







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"Re(3):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 20:05post reply

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game is real, there's a stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gla-yMayJ2M&feature=youtu.be



It's real insofar that someone can sit down and play it, but it leaves me wondering: what's their goal? It's not very funny, so if this is the last we see of it then it was quite the failure.

There's simply too much effort here, but not enough to call it a product with the lack of polish (especially the sound). It really doesn't look like it was made specifically for April Fool's Day, but if it's a tech demo or proof of concept then doing this on April Fool's day is a pretty strange move. Were they pitching it to a publisher? Or are they maybe still in the process of pitching it and using this as a bold way to show that there is consumer interest?







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"Re(4):April Fools thread" , posted Sat 1 Apr 21:31post reply

quote:
game is real, there's a stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gla-yMayJ2M&feature=youtu.be


It's real insofar that someone can sit down and play it, but it leaves me wondering: what's their goal? It's not very funny, so if this is the last we see of it then it was quite the failure.

There's simply too much effort here, but not enough to call it a product with the lack of polish (especially the sound). It really doesn't look like it was made specifically for April Fool's Day, but if it's a tech demo or proof of concept then doing this on April Fool's day is a pretty strange move. Were they pitching it to a publisher? Or are they maybe still in the process of pitching it and using this as a bold way to show that there is consumer interest?



yeah they're clearly trying to gather interest/money, I think there is some degree of extra emotional response/exposure they wouldn't have had on any other day, not sure how relevant it's gonna be in the long run but ehi, doubt it will hurt one bit.







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"Re(5):April Fools thread" , posted Mon 3 Apr 00:27post reply

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It's real insofar that someone can sit down and play it, but it leaves me wondering: what's their goal? It's not very funny, so if this is the last we see of it then it was quite the failure.

There's simply too much effort here, but not enough to call it a product with the lack of polish (especially the sound). It really doesn't look like it was made specifically for April Fool's Day, but if it's a tech demo or proof of concept then doing this on April Fool's day is a pretty strange move. Were they pitching it to a publisher? Or are they maybe still in the process of pitching it and using this as a bold way to show that there is consumer interest?


yeah they're clearly trying to gather interest/money, I think there is some degree of extra emotional response/exposure they wouldn't have had on any other day, not sure how relevant it's gonna be in the long run but ehi, doubt it will hurt one bit.



http://www.4gamer.net/games/376/G037622/20170402001/

As far as I can tell from my mediocre translating job (if I'm getting it wrong someone else jump in please), this article seems to summarize what went down on the stream and according to it Arika stated that it is definitely nothing more than an April Fool's Day thing right now, but they'd like it to be more if they can get the budget for it.

So, kind of a shame but not unexpected. If people really want the game to happen they ought to show their support however they can.





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"Re(6):April Fools thread" , posted Mon 3 Apr 01:17post reply

Hmm some of you might remember they tried the same trick when 3DS was newly released, by offering users to download 3D photos you could check from your 3DS and hoping to raise interest for a 3DS game with their own characters. In the end, this helped them get some contractual work on Tekken 3D but they never got to release their own game.





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"Re(3):April Fools thread: ATTN Loona" , posted Mon 3 Apr 18:33post reply

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Maybe somebody more versed in FFXI would feel more pain watching this...



The painful part is that SE puts money into stuff like that and sponsoring Wrestlemania while XI gets nothing. Putting XIV's director in charge of SE's online games was a mistake, and it doesn't help if another other fondly-remembered games are at best only allowed to have something resembling a future as references in XIV...





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